Improvement in folding-chairs



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Letters Patent No. 110,438, dated December 27, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING-CHAIRS.-

The Schedule referred to -ln these Letter! Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.- 4

Be it known that I, FRANCIS Gourou, of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented, made, and applied to'ruse .certain Improvements in Folding- Chairs; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and correct description of the same, reference being vhad to the accompanying drawing making a part of this specification and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which` i Figure 1 isa view of my improved chair partially folded.

Figure 2 is a view of the same when opened.

Figure 3 is a view of the same when folded.

In the drawing like parts of the invention are pointed out by the same letters of reference.

The nature of the present invention consists in certain improvements, as more fully hereinafter set forth, in the construction of folding-chairs, the object of the invention being the construction of a chair that can be easily folded for packing or transportation, and the cost of making which shall not, vif possible, exceed the cost of the ordinary chair.

'.lo enable those skilled in thearts to make and use my invention, I will describe the construction of the same.

A shows the frame of the chair, composed of vthe back B ot' the chair, and front legs O, which are made ot' one and the same piece ot' suitable wood, the rounds b for the back being inserted' in position in the back.

D shows the seat for the chair, which maybe of wood, cane, or any proper material, and is Vattached to the front legs C by the metal supports E, attached at one end to the seat D upon the sides of thesame, while their opposite ends are attached to the legs O.

To the back of the seat D, near each end` of the same, are att-ached the plates of metal (Z, beneath which the forward ends oi' the buttons e are placed, and held, so that they can freely yturn when necessary.

lhese buttons e, as already stated, have their forward ends held beneath the plates d, while the Shanks of the same are passed through and move in the elongated slots j' in the back of the frame A, the disks upon the shanks being outside of the frame A.

G shows tbe back legs of the chair connected together by a cross-brace, H, andhaving their upper ends secured to the front legs C at g, in any convenient way, care being taken that they (the legs G) shall be free t0 move upon'the point g.

I and J show side braces for retaining the legs G in directly over-:the pin inserted in the brace I.

I2 and J2 show a second pair of braces, similar in construction, and attached upon the opposite Yside of Athe chair.

Such being the construction, the operationmay be thusset forth:

The hind legs G of the chair may be folded within the front legs G of the chair by depressing the crossbraces I, 1, J, and J2, until the pin is removed from position within the slot, and the pressing forward and closing the legs G, the braces folding' one over the other as the legs G are closed within the legs O.

The legs G can he readily opened by throwing or pressingv them out to their full extent,:and then extendipgnt-he braces I, I, J, andJ2 until the pins upon oueset of braces enter the. slots in the other set of braces. l The seat D can be folded into position (see iig. 3) byliinglng it out of and from the horizontal position it occupies when the chair is opened into a. nearly vertical position.

lAs the seat 1 is closedupon the hack of the chair, themetal supports E are swung inward and toward the frame, anl the guidesy or buttons, ythe front ends of which are attached-to the back of the-seat at each side, and are free to turn when necessary, slide freely up in the elongated slots in the back of thev frame.

` Thus it vwill be observed that, when closed, the chair will occupy but little space, and can 'pe more readily transported and packed; and that, when opened and in use, it will be vfound sufficiently strong for all purposes. 'Having thus set forth my invention.

What I claim as newisv In combination with the frame A,-provided with the elongated slots ff, the seat D, having attached l to it the guides e and braces or lsupports E, and the,

rear legs G and braces I, l, J, and J2, when the same shall be constructed and operate substautiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

FRANCIS OOLTON.

Witnesess A. SIDNEY DoAnE, HENRY GOLDsM'rrH. 

